MSSU - Jane Austen at 250 - Fall 2025 Dashboard
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This map, timeline, and gallery were created by the members of ENG 371: Jane Austen at 250 at Missouri Southern State University in fall 2025.
Logo created by Amy L. Gates. The image of Jane Austen is from the National Portrait Gallery and is used under a Non-commercial / Non-commercial presentation or lecture license by Amy Gates, Missouri Southern State University. The pink party hat created by Idalba Granada is used under a free license.
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A city attached to a Royal Navy post that got its start in the twelfth century. It’s an area that is portrayed in Mansfield Park as a poor place, flowing with people, but not with people who are entirely wealthy. This is reflective of the Portsmouth she knew and had personally experienced, and this portrayal of Portsmouth had attracted her both praise and criticism from people. A Navy Vice Admiral, stationed mainly in Portsmouth, allegedly was surprised at how vivid her descriptions were and how effective they were at commanding the image of the city.
This portrayal is at odds with the current state of the area, which is one of the highest-populated cities in the United Kingdom, is fortified, and is one of the more expensive places to live if you were considering moving to the country. For a comparison, it could be said in some respects that...
moreBrighton is a seaside town on the south coast of England. It developed as a seaside resort in the late eighteenth century due to the patronage of the Prince Regent, the later George IV, who constructed his Royal Pavilion in the town. It was connected to London by rail in 1841, allowing its tourist industry to expand. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet elopes with Wickham from Brighton.
(this information was on the COVE MasterMAP)
Sudbury Hall is 45 miles south of Lyme park.
Both properties are owned by the National Trust, which is great news if you’re a member as you’ll be able to visit both places for free and on the same day. Tickets can be bought on the door for non-members.
Lyme Park is a magnificent Edwardian manor in Cheshire and served as all of the exterior shots of Mr Darcy’s Pemberley estate within the 1995 TV adaptation. Note that Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire was used for the interior shots.
Chatsworth House in Derbyshire was used as the filming location for Pemberley in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.